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In Memoriam: Gary Gardner — teacher, playwright and scholar

Theater Professor Gary Gardner, who spent 40 years teaching at UCLA and directing wildly successful student musical productions that entertained the entire campus, died Saturday, June 15, of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles. He was 69.

Three UCLA physicians help save plane passenger in distress

UCLA neurosurgery resident Brandon Evans was recently sitting at the back of a plane headed for Dallas with his wife and two young daughters when the loudspeaker crackled with an entreaty that is commonplace in movies, but rare in real life: Is...

Student musicians fill construction site with glorious sound

Some of UCLA’s most talented musical performers -- opera singers, sitar and tabla players, a string quartet and members of the UCLA Bruin marching band -- christened the Evelyn and Mo Ostin Music Center, which is under construction. Watch the videos.

Manager’s people skills inspire employees to grow

In 2007, Shola Richards joined the UCLA Health System as lead training specialist for a new program to train administrative staff on the IT systems involved in scheduling patient appointments and similar tasks.   In the just over five...

Legislators tap expertise of graduate students

Several UC graduate students, including two from UCLA, had the opportunity recently to share their expertise with California lawmakers on key policy issues — such as conservation and energy use.   Kristen Figueira, a UCLA graduate...

Facilities workers ramp up as census drops

The countdown is almost over for Housing and Hospitality Services (HHS) and its on-campus team of roughly 120 campus electricians, plumbers, project managers, carpenters, heating and air conditioning mechanics, building maintenance workers and...

Dispelling the myth of gay affluence

As poverty rates for virtually every demographic group increased during the recent recession, lesbian, gay and bisexual Americans are more likely to be poor than heterosexual people, according to a new nationwide study by researchers at the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law.

The superhero’s shrink

Batman — who used his understanding of the criminal psyche to bring villains to justice — inspired Andrea Letamendi to pursue a career in human behavior.

The beautiful world under the microscope

This beautiful image is not an artsy photo of a pink flower. It’s a picture of an electrically conductive molecule captured with a scanning electron microscope. This image, titled "Tetraaniline in Full Bloom," won first place in the...

Student musicians fill construction site with glorious sound

The camera captures the movement of instruments as the UCLA Bruin Marching Band christens the construction site that will become the Evelyn and Mo Ostin Music Center with the UCLA Fight Song. Video by UCLA Broadcast Studio.   Ever...

To get a truce, be ready to escalate

Wesley K. Clark, a retired Army general and former NATO supreme allied commander for Europe, is a senior fellow at the Burkle Center for International Relations at UCLA. This op-ed appeared originally in The New York Times on June 17,...

UCLA commencement news and photos

Look here for news, photos and videos about 2013 graduates and commencement ceremonies at UCLA. The commencement season on campus began in May.
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